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William H. Dietz publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William H. Dietz sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 380 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

William H. Dietz D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William H. Dietz sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 124 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

William H. Dietz is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research primarily contributes to the field of Medicine, with a focus on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Pharmacy, Clinical Psychology, and Ecology.

The scientist's work centers around topics such as Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet; Obesity and Health Practices; Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact; Climate Change and Health Impacts; Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations; Eating Disorders and Behaviors; and Nutritional Studies and Diet.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by William H. Dietz include the following:

  • Obesity and its Implications for COVID-19 Mortality (2020) published in Obesity
  • Climate change and malnutrition: we need to act now (2020) published in Journal of Clinical Investigation

Other notable recent papers related to the field, authored by frequent collaborators, include:

  • Solving Population-wide Obesity - Progress and Future Prospects (2020) published in New England Journal of Medicine
  • The COVID-19, Obesity, and Food Insecurity Syndemic (2022) published in Current Obesity Reports
  • Food Insecurity and Childhood Obesity: A Systematic Review (2022) published in PEDIATRICS

Frequent co-authors with whom William H. Dietz has collaborated include Sydney Pryor, Jennifer M. Sacheck, Allison C. Sylvetsky, Amanda J. Visek, and Sabrina Halberg.

The scholar has published extensively in various venues, with a notable number of articles in journals such as Obesity, Current Obesity Reports, PEDIATRICS, New England Journal of Medicine, and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

William H. Dietz was inducted as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine in 1998.

Best Publications

  • Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey

    Tim J Cole;Mary C Bellizzi;Katherine M Flegal;William H Dietz

  • Obesity : Preventing and managing the global epidemic

    D. S. Akram;A. V. Astrup;T. Atinmo;J. L. Boissin

  • Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among US Adults: Findings From the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

    Earl S. Ford;Wayne H. Giles;William H. Dietz

  • Prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and obesity-related health risk factors, 2001.

    Ali H. Mokdad;Earl S. Ford;Barbara A. Bowman;William H. Dietz

  • The Disease Burden Associated with Overweight and Obesity

    Aviva Must;Jennifer Spadano;Eugenie H. Coakley;Alison E. Field

  • Predicting Obesity in Young Adulthood from Childhood and Parental Obesity

    Robert C. Whitaker;Jeffrey A. Wright;Margaret S. Pepe;Kristy D. Seidel

  • Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: Executive summary

    F. X. Pi-Sunyer;D. M. Becker;C. Bouchard;R. A. Carleton

  • Health Consequences of Obesity in Youth: Childhood Predictors of Adult Disease

    William H. Dietz

  • The Relation of Overweight to Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Children and Adolescents: The Bogalusa Heart Study

    David S. Freedman;William H. Dietz;Sathanur R. Srinivasan;Gerald S. Berenson

  • Prevalence of a metabolic syndrome phenotype in adolescents: findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994.

    Stephen Cook;Michael Weitzman;Peggy Auinger;Michael Nguyen

  • The spread of the obesity epidemic in the United States, 1991-1998.

    Ali H. Mokdad;Mary K. Serdula;William H. Dietz;Barbara A. Bowman

  • Long-term morbidity and mortality of overweight adolescents. A follow-up of the Harvard Growth Study of 1922 to 1935.

    Aviva Must;Paul F. Jacques;Gerard E. Dallal;Carl J. Bajema

  • The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change: The Lancet Commission report

    Boyd A Swinburn;Boyd A Swinburn;Vivica I Kraak;Steven Allender;Vincent J Atkins

  • Social and Economic Consequences of Overweight in Adolescence and Young Adulthood

    Steven L. Gortmaker;Aviva Must;James Marc Perrin;Arthur Martin Sobol

  • Obesity Evaluation and Treatment: Expert Committee Recommendations

    Sarah E. Barlow;William H. Dietz

  • Impact of overweight on the risk of developing common chronic diseases during a 10-year period.

    Alison E. Field;Eugenie H. Coakley;Aviva Must;Jennifer L. Spadano

  • Do We Fatten Our Children at the Television Set? Obesity and Television Viewing in Children and Adolescents

    William H. Dietz;Steven L. Gortmaker

  • Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Excess Adiposity Among Overweight Children and Adolescents: The Bogalusa Heart Study

    David S. Freedman;Zuguo Mei;Sathanur R. Srinivasan;Gerald S. Berenson

  • Relationship of Childhood Obesity to Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Adulthood: The Bogalusa Heart Study

    David S. Freedman;Laura Kettel Khan;William H Dietz;Sathanur R. Srinivasan

  • The spread of the obesity epidemic in the United States

    A H Mokdad;M K Serdula;W H Dietz

Frequent Co-Authors

Aviva Must
Aviva Must Tufts University
David S. Freedman
David S. Freedman Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Steven L. Gortmaker
Steven L. Gortmaker Harvard University
Gerald S. Berenson
Gerald S. Berenson Tulane University
Sathanur R. Srinivasan
Sathanur R. Srinivasan Tulane University
Mary K. Serdula
Mary K. Serdula Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dale A. Schoeller
Dale A. Schoeller University of Wisconsin–Madison
Gerard E. Dallal
Gerard E. Dallal Tufts University
Earl S. Ford
Earl S. Ford North Carolina State University
Jack Wang
Jack Wang Columbia University

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